unit 2 timeline

By zmarinelli1
  • Oct 7, 1492

    Columbus sailed the ocean blue

    Columbus sailed the ocean blue
    This is when Columus lands in the Caribbean and discoveres America. He was in search of gold.
  • Oct 7, 1511

    First enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas

    First enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas
    This was the start of The Atlantic Slave trade. This consists of the buying and selling of Africans for work.
  • Oct 7, 1521

    Cortes conquers Aztec Empire

    Cortes conquers Aztec Empire
    Cortes was a Spanish conquistador who conquered Montezuma II and the Aztecs with his superior weapons and because of tratior Aztecs. The Aztecs also previously pampered Cortes because they thought he was a God.
  • Oct 7, 1533

    Pizzaro conquers Incan Empire

    Pizzaro conquers Incan Empire
    Francisco Pizzaro and his Portugese army auprise ambushed the Incans and kidnapped Atahualpa( Incan leader). The portugese destroyed the Incans unarmed force.

  • English found Jamestown

    English found Jamestown
    King James told a company in london to make a colony in North America. It was on the east coast of Virginia.They were looking for gold but they didn't have food so many died.

  • English found Plymouth

    English found Plymouth
    The pilgrims founded another colony after Jamestown. Thi colony was Plymouth.

  • French and Indian war ends

    French and Indian war ends
    The british colonists easily defeated the french.